Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2009

The 2010 Terrain will feature a choice of two new direct injection engines. The newly introduced GMC Terrain ( earlier post ) became the latest GM North American model that will feature a fuel-efficient gasoline direct injection (DI) engine in 2010. The MY 2009 engines include three 2.0-liter V-6 (LF1) direct injection engines.

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Gasoline Engine Oil-Sands Saturn 170

Plug In Partners

JANUARY 28, 2008

. $95 million per year authorized (2008-2012) Electric Drive Transportation technology high school and college level education program established by DOE including a “ Dr. Andrew Frank PHEV Competition ” and financial assistance to support engineering degree programs. Sign the On Line Petition News Summary I HOME.

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PHEV Energy Energy Storage Saturn 100

Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

This new energy economy is out there just waiting for somebody to pluck it from the vine ," Easley said in announcing the plan at a forum on energy at N.C. General Motors is also on the plug-in bandwagon with its Saturn Vue Green Line. liter turbocharged gasoline engine."

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Transportation North Carolina VUE Plug-in 100

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2009

engine side. The unit is designed to be scalable across a range of FWD vehicles with engines ranging from a 2.0L direct injection, spark ignition V6 gasoline engine, while requiring no more space than a conventional six-speed automatic transaxle. General Motors 2MT70 FWD two-mode hybrid transaxle, as seen from. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

A National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) project, funded by GM, found that an ultracapacitor-based energy storage system (ESS) in a Saturn VUE BAS (belt alternator starter) mild hybrid performed at least as well or better than the NiMH battery system in the production hybrid. Dyno testing, FTP Cycle. Pesaran, A.; Lustbader, J.;

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NiMH Energy Storage VUE Saturn 299

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2011

van Wijk, a former Methanex executive, formed Saturn Methanol which subsequently built Titan Methanol, a 2,500 tonne per day methanol production facility in Trinidad, and began Atlas Methanol, also in Trinidad. van Wijk sold Saturn to Methanex in 2000 due to funding issues.

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Alaska Gasoline Gas Trinidad 257

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

If we optimistically assume the average US fuel economy is 25 miles per gallon, at $3.00 People routinely pay more for such options as sunroofs, automatic transmissions, V8 engines and leather seats. Using the average U.S. electricity rate of 9 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), 30 miles of electric driving will cost 81 cents.

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. Honda Sees PHEVs as having "unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank;" promises all-electrics "assuming we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently." Plans Cadillac Converj, Opel Ampera, other versions.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Why pay $40K for a GM volt… which will look nothing more than a Malibu anyway and only get 40 miles before the gasoline engine kicks in. The fuel engine on the Volt is used to run the generator to recharge the battery when a trip exceeds 40 miles, and it’s rage on a full tank is around 400 miles. — Goodbye 2.

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Volt Green Electric Cars 2009 42

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. based technology will actually achieve any economy in production. Posted by: Mike99 | Apr 13, 2009 6:25:20 PM The EV1 was an engineering Success.

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